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Bernie Sanders: “I am very supportive, he is dead right. But I was wondering if my friend--when he said we are going to get to it next…”

On the recordDecember 6, 2016
I am very supportive, he is dead right. But I was wondering if my friend--when he said we are going to get to it next year, what does that mean? Does that mean you will be pushing the ability of Americans and pharmacists and distributors to be able to benefit from unfettered free trade and buy low-cost medicines and some of the same drugs sold in Canada and the UK? And will you also, as Mr. Trump made the point, allow Medicare to negotiate for lower prices? Is that something on which we can expect our Republican friends to support the President-elect?
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Bernie Sanders
Independent · Vermont
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Dec 6, 2016

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